Gazelle Global
Data Center Architect
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Shape large-scale Datacentre transformation – Strategic and architectural thinking
Strong stakeholder & executive communication, ability to drive transformation programs Decision-making & risk handling, Strong documentation & presentation skills Leadership & mentoring capability
Influence at the highest level – Work closely with CIOs, senior IT leadership, and business stakeholders to define DC/Infra strategy, ensuring impactful decision-making and measurable business outcomes.
Deliver real business value at scale – Play a key role in transition, transformation, and steady-state excellence, ensuring resilient, compliant, and future-ready DC services that directly support critical retail operations.
About the Role
The Role A Data Centre Architect is responsible for the end-to-end design, planning, and governance of data center infrastructure—including compute, storage, network, security, and facilities. The role ensures high availability, scalability, performance, and compliance while aligning with business and digital transformation goals (e.g., hybrid cloud, modernization).
A Data Centre Architect plays a strategic and technical leadership role, bridging infrastructure, cloud, and business needs. The position demands deep technical expertise along with the ability to design resilient, scalable, secure, and cost-efficient environments.
Responsibilities
DC Architecture & Strategy
- Define and own enterprise data center architecture roadmap
- Design scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure
- Align on-prem and hybrid architecture with business strategy
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Platform Design & Engineering
- Architect: Windows & Linux platforms, VMware clusters and lifecycle management
- Define standards for: VM provisioning baseline configurations, Patch & vulnerability management
Monitoring & Reliability Engineering
- Architect SCOM-based monitoring ecosystem
- Define proactive alerting strategy and noise reduction framework
- Enable observability across infrastructure stack
Backup, DR & Cyber Resilience
- Design Rubrik backup policies and SLA tiers
- Implement: Immutable backup strategy failover/failback plans, Conduct DR drills and audits
Transformation Program Leadership
- Lead large-scale DC transformation programs: Data center exit / consolidation, Legacy modernization
- Drive: Migration strategy & execution governance, Stakeholder alignment (Infra, Apps, Security), Risk mitigation & dependency handling
- Support: PoCs, pilots, large-scale rollout, hyper care
Security & Compliance
- Embed Zero Trust and security-first design principles
- Ensure: Patch compliance, Vulnerability remediation, RBAC controls
Performance & Cost Optimization
- Perform capacity planning
- Optimize: Resource utilization, Licensing (VMware, Windows), Infra costs across lifecycle
Stakeholder & Vendor Management
- Engage with: Business units, Security & application teams
- Manage OEM/vendor interactions (VMware, Microsoft, Rubrik)
Required Skills
Enterprise Data Centre Design
- Proven experience in designing scalable, high-availability data center architectures (Tier II–IV), including compute, storage, and networking layers.
Hybrid & Cloud Integration
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- Strong expertise in integrating on-premises infrastructure with public cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP), including hybrid and multi-cloud strategies.
Virtualization & Containerization
- Deep knowledge of VMware, Hyper-V, or KVM along with container platforms like Kubernetes and Docker.
Advanced Networking Architecture
- Expertise in LAN/WAN design, SDN, leaf-spine architecture, network segmentation, firewalls, and load balancing.
Storage & Data Management
- Experience with SAN, NAS, object storage, backup/recovery, replication technologies, and data lifecycle management.
Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity
- Strong experience in designing DR strategies, failover models, and defining RPO/RTO aligned with business SLAs.
Security & Compliance Frameworks
- Knowledge of infrastructure security, zero-trust models, encryption, and compliance standards like ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, and regulatory requirements.
Automation & Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Hands-on experience with automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell, or Python for provisioning and configuration.
Capacity Planning & Performance Optimization
- Ability to forecast growth, optimize resource utilization, and implement performance tuning across infrastructure components.
Vendor & Stakeholder Management
- Experience in evaluating vendors, leading RFPs/PoCs, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver architecture solutions.
Preferred Skills
Software-Defined Data Centre (SDDC)
- Exposure to SDDC technologies including VMware NSX
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